Shutter-fastener.



Patented May 18, 1909.

H. ZIMMERMAN'. SHUTTER PASTENER. APPLICATION TILED DBO.12,1906. 921,781.

HARRY ZIMMERMAW, OF IEREMONT, OHIO.

SHUTTEB-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1909.

Application filed December 12, 1906. Serial No. 347,531.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. HARRY ZIMMERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio,invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shutter-Fasteners, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shutter fasteners and the ob iect of myinvention is to avoid the objections to the ordinary sill platesconstructed for attachment to the faces of the sills and to reduce thethickness and weight of the si 1 plate and secure other advantages, andto this end my invention consists of a sill plate adapted to andcombined with a socketed sill and constructed and attached as fully setforth hereinafter and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a face view showing a sill, part or a shutter, and myimproved fastener. i 4. 2 IS a sectlon on the line 2*2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the sill and sill plate looking from theoutside. Fig. 4 is a section illustrating the arran ement of parts whena hinged sash is used.

The sill A and the shutter B are of usual construction, although theshutter B may be either an outside shutter or a hinged sash, the formerarrangement being shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and the latter in Fig. l,so that under the term shutter I include both a shutter and a hinged orpivoted sash.

Heretofore it has been common to secure the sill plates of shutterfasteners to the faces of the sills, which is objectionable in manyinstances where hinged sash are employed, as they obstruct the sill andare apt to inter fere with placing objects on the sills, which it issometimes desirable to put there, and they are sometimes objected to inconnection with shutters as being disfiguring and un sightly. In anycase, inasmuch as they have to sustain the whole force of the pressureupon the sash or shutter, it is essential to have them of such strengthas to resist any such pressure as would be likely to be brought uponthem and to so secure them that they cannot readily be detached. Toavoid these objections to former constructions I make the sill plate Cof any suitable construction and material, but adapted to a socket inthe face of the sill so that the face of the sill plate shall besubstantially flush or level with the face of the sill inside theshutter or sash, and in the case of a sill used with a shutter, theouter face of the sill plate is flush with the vertical face i of thesill. As shown in Figs. l to 4 the sill plate is a thin metallic casingpreferably L-shaped in plan, and in the i... there are two separatedopenings 1, 2 on a line trai-isverse to the length of the sill plate andthere are one or more openings 3 which are in line with the main part ofthe sill plate, and in the outer face of the sill plate is an opening oropenings 3 for the discharge of water, dust, etc. which may find its waywithin the casing 5 of the sill plate. The openings 1., 2, are adaptedto receive the hook or bent end 6 of the brace rod D which is pivoted tothe usual bracket E secured to the shutter or sash, and the openings 1,2 may be elongated so as to avoid the necessity of accurate adjustmentin setting the sill plate in the sill, while the openings 3, 3 arearranged as may be required to set the shutter or sash in differentpositions with the end of the brace rod fitting said openings. In orderto secure the sill plate in its socket, the bottom of the casing 5 hasopenings 7, each below one of the openings in the top of the sill plate,and so as to receive screws 8, the stems of which pass through the saidopenings and into the sill, as shown. The minor sill plate F is alsoadapted to a socket in the sill and provided with a discharge opening yas shown. Where the sill plate is set back of the edge of the sill, asin Fig. i, openings or channels 10 may be made extending outward so asto permit discharge from the openings y to escape. Preferably a bracketG is secured to the shutter with an arm 9 having an opening 1) throughwhich the rock 6 of the brace rod may pass and by which the brace rod issupported in position on the shutter when it is opened and the hook doesnot engage the sill plate. This arm 9 has an inner and lower bevelededge or face a which, when the shutter closes, strikes the edge of thesill plate and thereby tends to elevate the shutter if it should sagany.

By the above construction I remove all i projections from the sill andat the same time am able to make the sill plate extremely light, becausewhen set in its socket in the sill, it is strengthened by thesurrounding portions of the sill so that it will resist any strains putupon it. It will also be seen that I eifectually secure the dischargefrom the interior of the sill plate of any moisture or dust that maycollect therein so that it will not become obstructed and render itunserviceable.

I do not limit myself to the construction of sill plate shown, as it maybe made of any suitable form to cover the sill socket while avoidingsubstantially any projection above the sill.

I do not here claim any features shown herein and also shown and claimedin my applications for Letters Patent Serial Nos. 400,653, 400,054,400,865 and 401,024.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofparts shown: I claim:

1. A sill plate for shutter fasteners consisting of a casing having aninterior chamber and adapted to a socket in the sill, perforated toreceive fastening devices for securing it to the sill within the socketthereof, with upper openings to receive engaging means carried 1 by theshutter and with other openings in the i outer side thereof. 1

2. The combination with a socketed sill and shutter, of a casing havinga top plate flush with the upper face of the sill and with openings insaid plate, and a side plate flush with the outer face of the sill, andengaging means carried by the shutter.

3. The combination with a socketed sill and shutter, of a casing havinga top plate flush with the upper face of the sill and with openings insaid plate, and a side plate flush with the outer face of the sill,engaging means carried by the shutter, and a perforated bracket carriedby the shutter and having a fixed arm 9 with a beveled edge u for thepurpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY ZIMMERMAN.

Witnesses:

MATIE BIsNE'r'rE, FRANK C. KIsER.

